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Sudan Lawmakers Cancel Meeting on Constitutional Changes


FILE - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Dec. 31, 2018.
FILE - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Dec. 31, 2018.

Sudan's state-run news agency says a parliamentary committee tasked with amending the constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run for another term has abruptly canceled its meeting.

SUNA says the meeting was scheduled for Sunday but has been postponed for "emergency reasons." It says a new date will be announced later.

Sudan has been rocked by a wave of protests since December calling on al-Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 military coup, to step down. Activists say at least 57 people have been killed, but the government tally stands at 30.

Al-Bashir has vowed to run for another term, saying the country can only change leadership through elections.

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